Luka Modric ended up beating both Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohammed Salah to the UEFA’s Best Player Of the Year, and UEFA has released their list of the top ten players in the world.
The Real Madrid star has been in scintillating form for the Los
Blancos and Croatia, for which he was well-rewarded with the Golden Ball
and now the UEFA’s Best Player of the Year. However, he wasn’t the only
Real Madrid star to walk away with a trophy, and the Santiago Bernabeu
side dominated the awards ceremony.
While he has been replaced by Thibaut Courtois, Keylor Navas won the Best Goalkeeper and Sergio Ramos won the Best Defender. UEFA player of the year, Luka Modric won the best midfielder and the great Cristiano Ronaldo walked away with the best forward. However, the biggest surprise was the lack of Lionel Messi’s name amid the processions, let alone other Barcelona stars.
While they did suffer a rather humiliating defeat to AS Roma in the quarter-finals, many believe that Luka Modric wasn’t the one to lift the Best Player of the Year award. While it may be the end of the of an era dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, Modric’s critics have further added going on to say “Football is played on the field and that’s where Cristiano won.
He scored 15 goals, carried Real Madrid on his back and conquered the Champions League again. It’s ridiculous, shameful. The winner is not in doubt as Ronaldo is the best in his position.”
But regardless of what happens, UEFA has finally released a list of everything that has happened, which includes the full list of the top ten players who were in the running.
UEFA Best Player of the Year:
1 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid & Croatia) – 313 points
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Real Madrid & Portugal) – 223 points
3 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) – 134 points
4 Antoine Griezmann (Atlético & France) – 72 points
5 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) – 55 points
6 Kylian Mbappé (Paris & France) – 43 points
7 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City & Belgium) – 28 points
8 Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid & France) – 23 points
9 Eden Hazard (Chelsea & Belgium) – 15 points
10 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid & Spain) – 12 points
UEFA Best Goalkeeper of the Year
1 Keylor Navas (Real Madrid) – 222 points
2 Alisson Becker (Liverpool/Roma) – 197 points
3 Gianluigi Buffon (Paris/Juventus) – 92 points
4 Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 47 points
5 Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea, now Real Madrid) – 28 points
6 Ederson (Manchester City) – 26 points
7 Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) – 18 points
8 Jan Oblak (Atlético) – 16 points
9 David de Gea (Manchester United) – 7 points
10 Sven Ulreich (Bayern) – 5 points
UEFA Best Defender of the Year
1 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) – 184 points
2 Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid) – 167 points
3 Marcelo (Real Madrid) – 145 points
4 Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) – 40 points
5 Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) – 37 points
6 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 24 points
7 Diego Godín (Atlético) – 15 points
8 Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) – 14 points
9 Mats Hummels (Bayern) – 13 points
10 Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) – 10 points
UEFA Best Midfielder of the Year
1 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) – 347 points
2 Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 114 points
3 Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) – 69 points
4 Casemiro (Real Madrid) – 40 points
5 James Milner (Liverpool) – 18 points
6 Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona, now Vissel Kobe) – 16 points
7 Ivan Rakitić (Barcelona) – 9 points
8= Isco (Real Madrid), Sadio Mané (Liverpool), Miralem Pjanić (Juventus), James Rodríguez (Bayern) – 6 points
UEFA Best Forward of the Year
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Real Madrid) – 287 points
2 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 218 points
3 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 43 points
4 Kylian Mbappé (Paris) – 17 points
5= Edin Džeko (Roma), Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 15 points
7 Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 13 points
8= Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético), Sadio Mané (Liverpool) – 12 points
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